Jones, Willie (1740-1801) Bill to State of North Carolina for services in Continental Congress
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.23 Author/Creator: Jones, Willie (1740-1801) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1783/10/17 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy
[Continental Congress members]
JONES, Willie, (1740-1801), Delegate from North Carolina; attended Eton College, England; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1776; president of the North Carolina Committee of Safety in 1776 and first Governor ex officio of the new State; member of the first constitutional convention in 1776; member of the State house of commons 1776-1778; Member of the Continental Congress in 1780; elected to the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787 but declined to accept; member of the State constitutional convention called to ratify the Constitution of the United States July 21, 1788 and afterwards resumed agricultural pursuits. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)
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